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byrdstupor: September 2013
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Saturday, September 28, 2013. Gram Parsons, GP (1973). Well, he was. And he got it. And it has nothing to do with the power of this album. Was it the 40. Spin of “Kiss the Children”? A solitary midnight stroll to the strains of “The New Soft Shoe”? Skip Battin, Topanga Skyline (2012). The mind boggles at the thought of hardcore Skip Battin fans—what is there to love, exactly, beyond Kim Fowley songs sung by someone other than Kim Fowley? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Gram Parsons, GP (1973).
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byrdstupor: September 2016
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016. The Chad Mitchell Trio, Mighty Day on Campus (1961). Is there anything more awkward than a trio with four members? It was cool to see Bob Pollard producing and writing liner notes, but then I looked closer and it was actually Bob Bollard, so, bummer there. His notes call the crowd at this live show "wild," but it's important to remember, the Sixties hadn't happened yet. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Chad Mitchell Trio, Mighty Day on Campus (1961. View my complete profile.
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byrdstupor: Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Demos (2009)
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Friday, September 5, 2014. Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Demos (2009). Greg Demos is a god of rock. Dude is old, wears tight leather pants, wipes out on the Letterman show like it ain't no thang. And throttles his bass like someone living the dream, not going through the motions (ahem, Messrs. CS&N). 8220;Love the One You’re With” had a different melody originally, that’s almost interesting to note. Otherwise, a total wash. Fewer demos, more Demos. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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byrdstupor: August 2014
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Sunday, August 3, 2014. Roger McGuinn, Back from Rio (1991). Okay, not always lyrically. “Car Phone” comes about ten years late (wasn’t McGuinn himself already carrying a mobile phone on the cover of The City. Street, but maybe somewhere in the vicinity. Yet it seems a little rich being sung by the guy who’s been the Platonic embodiment of bland corporate rock since at least the early 70s. But Back from Rio. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Roger McGuinn, Back from Rio (1991). View my complete profile.
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byrdstupor: Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Bros, Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 (2007)
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Bros, Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 (2007). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I unwittingly amassed far too many Byrds-related records while scouring dollar bins, to the point that cataloging them became a useful formal exercise to bring some semblance of structure to my life. This, despite the fact that I don't particularly love the Byrds, and I absolutely despise David Crosby. Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Bros, Live at.
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byrdstupor: Dillard & Clark, The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark (1968)
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Saturday, March 1, 2014. Dillard and Clark, The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark (1968). He could do this (and whose fellow Burritos pop up, including a mini-Byrd reunion with Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke). It’s hard to believe these are nearly all originals—they whisk by in under a half-hour, sounding effortless and timeless. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Bros, Live at. Dillard and Clark, The Fantastic Expedition of Dilla. View my complete profile.
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byrdstupor: October 2013
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Sunday, October 27, 2013. Chris Hillman, Desert Rose (1984). After the stupefyingly lackluster late-70s solo LPs, Hillman spent the first half of the 80s regrouping with some low-key albums of laid-back country ditties, mostly covers. Desert Rose. Shows how complacent Hillman had gotten, so the new band would also constitute something of a kick in the ass after his many years in the doldrums, of which this represents the end. Saturday, October 26, 2013. Friday, October 25, 2013. He peaked with GP. Simple...
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byrdstupor: March 2014
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Bros, Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 (2007). Saturday, March 1, 2014. Dillard and Clark, The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark (1968). He could do this (and whose fellow Burritos pop up, including a mini-Byrd reunion with Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke). It’s hard to believe these are nearly all originals—they whisk by in under a half-hour, sounding effortless and timeless. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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byrdstupor: The Chad Mitchell Trio, Mighty Day on Campus (1961)
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016. The Chad Mitchell Trio, Mighty Day on Campus (1961). Is there anything more awkward than a trio with four members? It was cool to see Bob Pollard producing and writing liner notes, but then I looked closer and it was actually Bob Bollard, so, bummer there. His notes call the crowd at this live show "wild," but it's important to remember, the Sixties hadn't happened yet. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Chad Mitchell Trio, Mighty Day on Campus (1961.
